Different types of pruning are suitable for different purposes and plants. Here are some tips for shaping landscape bushes.
The prerequisite for getting the best performance from your landscaping shrubs and bushes is to be clear about their precise design role they are to play in the garden. Are they to serve as a screen, a backdrop to some special feature, are they to be grown to provide color and fruit, or is a particular specimen to be given a special role such as being limbed up into a small tree, or perhaps grown horizontally on a wall, in the espalier fashion?
Understanding the design function of landscaping shrubs can help you make wiser choices when planning your garden, or adding some plants to an existing border.
When choosing which shrubs to include in your garden, your starting point may be based on your favorite likes and dislikes. As counter intuitive as it may sound, this approach is mistaken. Instead, you can think like a professional garden designer, by allotting a specific design role to each element in the garden, including the landscape shrubs and bushes.
